Telegram-herald., 1887-12-08
OUR UNIVERSITY MEN
caowDs OF TFsEN IN WASHINGTON
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Dzrzorr. Dec. IA Washington specia
- the Fses ff1ss ss81 FISHERIES Comnls-
ssonsr James 3. Anzsll ia juat st present
one of ths nozt zsnsrAlly discgssed public
nssn Al ths capital HIS sxpsrisnes aad
ability render him the most conspicuous
aasmbsr OF the commission which - trying
70 keep ne British hon rom swimming
too far from ths COAST Of Csnxlia- fresi-
.snt Angel . psominsncs naturally rejects
erssiit 0n ina great institution presided over
by thsf distinguished dipl0msLtst
The University OF AichIgan never ma
terializen 80 pr0milensly Ia any precedin &
Gon4ress as iE d0as IN the flftistns
.hieh nas besn ia = ehry-alis state since
lasI spring aud has Jnst begun 20
h-e, breathe and have being OF the
Michigan delegation Of thirteen SIX we're
university studsnts. esastor Palmer, Who
dsiivsfsd the excesdlnzy saOoth and po-
ufic-yes, that . a ko0t word-sefnl- -centen-
nal adsiress iast June. Was A student 10 the
class 0f l84]. out did not g-adusts. he had
bad eyes and devoted a lew years 10 gam
bolinx ia the green pastures OF CASTLE .
Leon ls sss during this period Of his life
thai he acquired bis kn0sledge OF Spanish
tnas served him in sucn good stead when
hs welcomed the Mexican editors 10 AlchI-
-
stor aftsrxsra received bis degree ass'se pfo
i4lsc.
Congressman Chipmsn studied two years
xffh ths class OF Is47. CONGRESSMAN
Cutcheon xralaated ia the celebrated liter
sry class Of 1861, along with many men
sines prominent Ia the State. Saccesslyely
q ssptaIn. major. Northumberland. colonel
sad brsyet origadler- general before he Was
- he resumed &C that age his studies IN the
a. la afs.st IN -
ciazs OF lst6. Congressman Mofiatt Also
participated N two courses-the literary
clsss Of 1854. IN which be did not graduate,
and ia the law class OF 1903 Congressman
Alien xradus1ed IN the law class OF 1907.
bsinz a elsssnste of Don NJ. Dickinson,
though eight years his senior. Congress
msn Whiting Was = student IN the literary
class OF is67 1. "a. Weston. OF Michigan,
stsdied ia the same clsss. and II Is Of this
class that Mr. Weston ooserves-seemlngly
unmindfui OF nis own prominence-"W Whit
ing IL the first member OF that y mole class
OF ninety souls 10 distinguish himself Ia
anV uarticuisr direction 50 Tar As 4 knO =.
But the class contained many young men
OF considerable prominence 10 more recent
years.
senator Cushmsn K. Davis. Of Minnesota,
graduated iu the literary class OF 1891. lie
was q classmats Of Levi Grifhn and Erwin
Who Il entering on his fourth term IN Con-
grsss. graduated in the law class Of 1907. "a
oid Adonirsm j. Holmes. a returned mem
Ger from Iowa Both OF these men had the
distinction Of being classmates OF next Post-
master General Dickinson. himself the trsI
cabinet officer to graduate from any depart
msnt OF the University. Walter l. Hayes,
Congressman from Iowa. and q lonesome
Democrat ia the delegation (Wssyer being
.~1 a artA. n
dsnt) graduated IN the law class of 1868.
Congressman James Laird. OF Kansas, cams
cut OF the law class in 1917 and was ths
cls-nate of Geo. H. Hopkins, Henry A
Cnsnsy. VIM. c. Maybury. Orlanto W.
Powers, Quincy Smith and other we'll
known Michigan men,
students Ia the law class Of 1856 will re-
msmber the tall. angular. big-mustached
HOoser who went BY tbs name Of Ben
Shivsly. and hailed from South Bend
Shivsly is q member Of Congress from
fndisns He served . short term IN Con
kress before he went TO the University. He
vas q bright young Grsenback editor II
Indiana In t8s1 when a COngressiOna
vacancy occurred This made botn q short
and long term 20 be filed at the same cleo
tion. The Republicans were IN a msjority
over the Democrats IN the District. Iners
we're few hundred Green0acksrs who held
the baiancs of power. A fusion WAS ar
ranged by which the long term nomination
went 70 the Democrats and the short tern
20 the Grsenbackers and Shively. The lat
ter served but q tew months but improved
his tine OF making = couple OF gooc
speeches and when his colleagues fall two
terms were out the nomination tell 10 him
naturally. and the student Of one year Is {
Congressman Of The next
Ia al. twenty-five graduates OF tbs Uni
yersity have been in Congress. and OF these
nine SIT IN the iftieth Congress.